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i.
The 9th edition of the World Environmental Education Congress is scheduled to
be held in Vancouver, Canada from September 9-15.

ii.
The 2017 theme will be Culture Environment: Weaving New Connections.

iii.
The event is being hosted by the “Institute for Environmental Learning” based
in British Columbia in cooperation with WEEC Permanent Secretariat.

iv.
The World Environmental Education Congress is an international congress that
provides a platform for anyone working for education for environment and
sustainable future or who has an interest in the field.

v.
The congress aims to build a relevant network among environmental NGO’s, civil
society associations, universities, local authorities as well as institutions
from any level.

i.
Odisha became the 1st Indian state to extend banking facilities to masses in
unbanked areas through Self- Help Groups.

ii.
To implement this initiative, Odisha State Government has signed an agreement
with State Bank of India – the largest public sector bank of India.

iii.
Odisha Govt.’s Odisha Livelihoods Mission is the main party (corporate agent)
in this agreement with SBI. Around 3 lakh SHGs, currently operating under OLM
will take up the role of Banking Correspondents.

i. With the growing dependence on Aadhaar card for all kinds of monetary
and social benefits, the Supreme Court of India ruled out that Aadhaar card
cannot be made mandatory for central welfare schemes.

ii. However, the apex court also accepted that it can’t stop the
government from linking the Aadhaar card for opening bank accounts or filing
tax returns.

iii. As per the critics of Aadhaar, government is violating a Supreme
Court order of October 2015 which specified that the Universal Identification
Document cannot be made mandatory for government schemes. It alleged that UIDAI
is getting biometric details through private agencies, which violated citizens’
fundamental rights.

iv. According to the government, use of Aadhaar simplifies delivery and
helps make the system more transparent and efficient.

i. As insisted by Mr. M.Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Housing and Urban
Poverty Alleviation, 500 cities and towns that account for the 65% of India’s
urban population are to be credit rated by Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation. Out of these 500 cities, 94 cities got its rating from
AMRUT.

ii. Based on the report released by the Minister, 55 out of 94 cities
have got Investment grade ratings which account 59% of the rated cities spread
across 14 states. These 500 cities are included in Smart city mission.

2. 2017
NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL CONCLUDED IN KERALA

i .The National Theatre Festival 2017 was held in Tagore Theatre in
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

ii. The festival was inaugurated by state CM Pinarayi Vijayan at Central
School Grounds, Attakkulangara.

iii. The 2017 edition of the festival was dedicated to one of the prominent
personality of Indian theatre, the late Kavalam Narayana Panikkar.

3. 2017 INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND CONFERENCE HOSTED
BY GJEPC IN MUMBAI

i. The 2017 International Diamond Conference was held at Hotel Hyatt,
Mumbai.

ii. The 2 day conclave was organized by Gem and Jewellery Export
Promotion Council of India.

iii. Its aim is to Bringing together the leading Miners, Diamantaires,
Retailers, Bankers and Analysts from across the globe on a platform to discuss
the supply and demand issues faced by the Global Diamond Industry.

iv. Theme of the conference was Mines to Market 2017.

v. Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce and
Industry (I/C) and Shri. Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) for
Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, were the chief guests at the
event.

i. As Indian government is trying to digitize the whole of India through
DIGITAL INDIA campaign, Bihar state made a good move to help this by providing
free-Wi-Fi for students.

ii. It is launched by CM Nitish Kumar on the occasion of Bihar Divas
celebrations. This move is to provide free- zones in colleges and universities
which will be helpful for the student studies.

2.
OSMANIA UNIVERSITY TO HOST 105TH INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS

i. The 105th session of Indian Science Congress will be hosted by
Osmania University, Hyderabad during January 3-7, 2018.

ii. The theme of the session of Indian Science Congress is 'Science and Technology - Reaching the
Unreached’. This will be the 6th time that the university will be hosing
the conferrer.

3.
SEEDING OF JAN DHAN ACCOUNTS – LEAD BY ANDHRA PRADESH

i. On the event of demonetization, more number of Jan Dhan accounts came
into existence and it is seeded through Aadhaar card numbers.

ii. Andhra Pradesh tops the list with most number of aadhaar cards
linked with Jan dhan accounts.

iii. 87.73% of its accounts are seeded by aadhaar numbers and this was
followed by Tripura at 87.08% and Telangana 83.56%.

iv. By this move, 01 Cr Jan dhan accounts are created and Aadhaar-seeded
accounts has risen to 63.61%. By this linking, transparency in the banking
account will be achieved and it will be easy to track all IT returns.

i.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the PM Shri Narendra Modi
has given its approval for development of 403 kms of National Highways in
Meghalaya and Mizoram and also approved the Deepening and Widening of Mumbai
Harbour Channel and JN Port Channel (Phase-II) project with fresh estimates.

ii.
Government has decided to amend the Constitution for setting up the National
Commission for socially and Educationally Backward Classes as a constitutional
body for socially and economically backward classes.

iii.
The Union Cabinet approved the following proposals with regards to NABARD Act,
1981 during the cabinet meeting.

iv.
The cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Indian
Computer Emergency Response Team under the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology and the US Homeland Security Department on cooperation
in the field of Cyber Security.

v.
The government gave its approval to amend the Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

vi.
Central also approved the following proposals with regard to the Fund of Funds
of Start-ups which was established in June 2016 with a corpus of Rs. 10000 cr.